burritos

For four years, fans have cued up at the Verde food truck to savor Sonoran-style dishes. (Per Verde’s website, Sonoran cuisine translates to food “derived from the Sonoran desert in northern Mexico, southern Arizona, and southern California”). While co-owners T. J. Ingraham, John Sethney...

Denverites have endless options for burrito joints, but if lunchtime lines are any indication, we tend to pledge our allegiance to one of two places: Illegal Pete’s or Chipotle Mexican Grill. How do you decide which local spot will better satisfy your cravings? We break down all the...

It took me a few weeks to check out Scratch Burrito and Happy Tap after it opened this summer in Berkeley. North Denver wasn’t exactly clamoring for yet another place to grab some South-of-the-Border fare. But just minutes into my inaugural visit I realized this place was anything but a...

A quest for Christmas-style burritos (those doused with both green and red chiles) led me straight to Jack-n-Grill, a 12-year-old New Mexican staple on Federal Boulevard. It’s hard to ignore this restaurant’s “wall of recognition,” where there are too many accolades—including appearances on the...

Giving the tour of his roaring boulder burrito factory, a hard hat–wearing Phil Anson proudly stirs a vat of freshly made, organic salsa. “Why can’t you love your burrito, love your food?” he asks in a way that feels part-sermon, part-PR. For the past decade, Anson has been working to recast the...